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THIRD SEQUENCE EXAM Class: F37 Option: Electrotechnology Duration: 03H Coefficient: 4 Written paper

POWER ELECTRONICS
No document is allowed except the one given to the candidates by the examiners. Exercice 1 : Battery charger A battery having an emf of 60V and a negligible internal resistance is charged by means of a Graetz bridge through a transformer whose primary is supplied by a sinusoidal voltage 220V-50Hz. A resistor is placed in series with the battery such as to limit the current to a maximal value of 30A. 1. Draw the diagram of the circuit so described. 2. Knowing that the transformer ratio of the transformer is m = 0.386, calculate the effective value of the voltage at the secondary of the transformer. 3. Calculate the conducting angle of each diode in degree, and deduce the duration of conduction in milliseconds. 4. Calculate the value of the resistor in series with the battery. 5. Calculate the average load current. 6. Calculate the charging time of the battery assuming that its capacity is 500Ah. 7. Determine the effective current that flows in the battery. 8. Determine the maximal reverse voltage across the diodes.

Exercise 2: Three phase rectification. Consider the diagram of the figure below.
D1

v1 (t ) v2 (t ) v3 (t )
RP

30 2 cos t 30 2 cos 30 2 cos t t 2 3 4 3

A
D2

B v1
D3

C v2 v3

u
E

f E Q

50 Hz 12V 60 AH

All the diodes are perfect.

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1. Draw in synchronism the waveforms of the voltages v1, v2, v3 and u. 2. Calculate the average and the effective values of the voltage u. 3. Determine the value of RP if the maximal value of the current 30.4A 4. Calculate the charging time of the battery. 5. Determine the power absorbed by the resistor RP 6. Calculate the maximal reverse voltage supported by each diode. 7. The battery is replaced by a resistor R having a value of 500. 7.1 Calculate the average load current. 7.2 Calculate the effective load current; deduce the power absorbed by R. 8. Let the diodes be replaced by three perfect thyristors having a firing angle where 0
2 ; the load remaining R = 500. 3 3

8.1 Repeat question 1 above taking

8.2 Show that the expression of the average voltage across the load is:
U av 3 3 Vmax cos 2

8.3 Draw the graph Uav as a function of Exercise 3: Three phase Graetz bridge.

A three phase Graetz bridge is supplying two phases of the stator of a three phase asynchronous motor whose windings are star connected. The bridge is connected to the secondary of a three phase transformer 380/220V-50Hz. The voltages at the secondary of that transformer are expressed as follows:
v1 (t ) v2 (t ) v3 (t ) 127 2 sin t 127 2 sin 127 2 sin t t 2 3 4 3

1. Give the role of this circuit and precise how the secondary of the transformer is connected (star or delta), justify your answer. 2. Draw the diagram of the circuit described above. 3. Sketch the waveform of the load voltage and that of the voltage across the diode D1.
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4. Calculate the average voltage across the load. 5. The stator windings of the motor are assumed to be pure resistance. Calculate the value of the resistance measured between two phases of the stator, knowing that the average load current is 70A. Deduce the resistance of one winding of the stator. 6. Calculate the power consumed by the load.

Exercise 4: Control of a resistive load by thyristors and TRIACs Three TRIACs are controlling a three phase balanced resistive load as show by the figure below. The line voltage (between two phases) is 380V. The firing angle of the TRIACs is equal to zero. The total power absorbed by the load is 15kW.
1
R

2 u 3

1. Calculate the effective value the current flowing through each TRIAC. 2. Calculate the maximal reverse voltage across each TRIAC. 3. The TRIACs are replaced by three thyristors; the firing angle still being equal to zero. 3.1 Determine the effective value of the current flowing in each thyristor. 3.2 Calculate the maximal reverse voltage across each thyristor.

Subject Master: NGOUNE Jean-Paul, PLET Electrotechnics, GTHS Kumbo.

GTHS KUMBO_Electrical Department_Third sequence examJan.2012